Hi there,
I am Simrat Pal Singh Satia, a passionate software engineer with expertise in designing large scale distributed systems, cloud computing architecture and linux. I've enjoyed turning complex problems into simple, beautiful and intuitive designs. When not coding, you'll find me humming tunes on my guitar or buried in a novel. If you've come this far, do reach out to me :)
About
Software Engineer
Having started my tango with computers at an early age with C++/QBasic in school, my University courses on Artifial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Operating System, Database, Data Structures and Algorithms brought out a great deal of passion for the Computer discipline. This allowed me to dive deeper into the research field with notable publications on contemporary issues such as Smartphone and PUBG Addition.
Post Uni, I joined Microsoft IDC as SDE to venture into the field of technical industry. Through my 3+ years of experience, I have honed my technical accumen through various projects, often lauded for excellent context switching between them and showcasing tremendous ownership, which led to being rewarded with promotions every consecutive year.
Exceedingly passionate about learning new technologies. Also, sharing keen interest in helping others grow through mentorship. Looking forward to new opportunities and challenges that help me grow not just as an engineer but as a technology enthusiast.
Education
University of Delhi (2015-2019)
Netaji Subhas Institute of Technology (NSIT), Delhi, India
- Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Engineering
- GPA: 8.1
- Awarded First-Class
- Research and Patent Award Grant of Rs 10k for distinguished research
Relevant Coursework:
- Discrete Mathematics and Design of Algorithms
- Expert Systems
- Engineering Mathematics
- Artificial Intelligence
- Operating Systems
- Computer Graphics
- Database Systems
Central Board of Secondary Education (2015)
Mata Jai Kaur Public School, Delhi, India.
- High School Secondary Education
- Percentage: 96.60% (Standard XII - AISSCE) - 1st Position/150
- Principal's Award for Overall Excellence, Community Outreach Award
- RK Saxena Memorial Award for highest in Mathematics
- Head Boy - Leading prefectorial board of 36 distinguished students
- Relevant Coursework: Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics
Experience
AzLinux, Azure Core Compute Team
- RedHat On Azure - add link 1M+ VM Cores | Developing and maintaing products for image building | Verticals scaling of infrastructure
- Azure Hybrid Benefit for BYOS (License Management) (link) | E2E ownership of design, implementation and boundaryless collaboration across stakeholders
- Geneva Monitoring (Cloud Service Telemetry Platform) | Integrated all Azlinux projects | Conducted session as SME with 50+ Azure-wide audience
- UIAutomationTool (Web Experience Automation) | E2E ownership of design and implementation
- Load Simulation Tool (Stress Testing Tool) | Contributed to design and development fo stress testing across CPU, Memory and Disk utlization
Microsoft Excel Android App Development
- Developed snipping feature for Excel that converts a selected range of cells to snippet/image
- E2E ownership of code design, UI/UX design and implementation
- Worked with Java, Android Studio
- Received a pre-placement offer for the profile of Software Development Engineer.
Pilot Study to Predict Smartphone Addiction Through Usage Pattern of Installed Android Applications and to Derive Correlations Between Addiction and Phone Usage Behavior
- Collect app usage patterns and categorize all apps into five buckets: social, entertainment, utility, gaming, and shopping/food and beverage.
- Predict smartphone addiction using supervised machine-learning algorithms.
- Gender-wise variations of smartphone usage patterns and explicit parallelism between usage patterns of addicted and non-addicted users.
- Research article published at Journal on Addictions, 9(1), 63-74.
Predicting likelihood of psychological disorders in PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) players from Asian countries using supervised machine learning
- Predict IGD, ADHD, and GAD of gaming players with an accuracy of 93.18%, 81.81% and 84.9% respectively.
- Game statistics of PUBG players show strong positive correlation with IGD and ADHD indicating detrimental effects of MOBA games.
- Research article published at Addictive behaviors, 101, 106132.
Supervisor: Dr. Swati Aggarwal, Assistant Professor, Computer Engineering Department, NSIT
Research
Publications
- Aggarwal, S., Gupta, S., Satia, S.P.S., Saluja, S. and Gambhir, V., 2022. Through Usage Pattern of Installed Android Applications and to Derive Correlations Between Addiction and Phone Usage Behavior. Journal on Addictions, 9(1), pp.63-74.
- Aggarwal, S., Saluja, S., Gambhir, V., Gupta, S. and Satia, S.P.S., 2020. Predicting likelihood of psychological disorders in PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) players from Asian countries using supervised machine learning. Addictive behaviors, 101, p.106132.
- Satia, S.P.S., Miglani, V. and Gambhir, V., 2019, September. Teacher Attrition Prediction Model and Analysis of the Associated Factors. In 2019 International Conference on Computing, Power and Communication Technologies (GUCON) (pp. 458-462). IEEE.
Projects
Fully extensible web automation framework capable of performing e2e testing of any website's UI
Skills
Programming Languages
Java
Python
Golang
C++
C#
Typescript
Bash
Powershell
MongodbTechnical Skills
Azure
Linux
Ansible
Virtualization
AzureDevopsOther
LaTeX
Github
Eclipse
Android StudioRecognition
Top 4/526 | Azure Quality | Self-Serve Image Validation
- Run custom tests and vulnerability scans on Azure SIG Images
- Built on Azure Portal and C# backend with RPaaS validation
Microsoft Cultural Award 2022
- Understand customer needs and remove barriers to customer satisfaction
- Improved monitoring, LSI/CRI (incidents) reduction by 60%
Microsoft Cultural Award 2020
- Collaborating across groups, encouraging sharing of information and diverse perspectives and contributing to other's success for greater business impact.
- Go-to person for Geneva Monitoring for RHUI/WorkloadBuilder
- Load Simulator Tool forming foundation for AzQualify team
Hobbies
Guitarist/Singer
I have a 3 year certification in classical singing from Prayag. Self-learned guitarist with keen interest in fingerstyle pattern. You can visit my YouTube/Instagram page :)
Writer
As Managing Editor of The Alliance, NSUT's Newspaper, I've spearheaded a team of 40+ individuals and published over 20+ Editions.
You can check out the editions here.
Some of my written pieces:
Chess Player
Played over 2000+ games with a rating of 1420. Perhaps we can connect over a game of chess?
